Job Title: Head of Operational Resilience and Crisis Management (2 year FTC)
Location: UK, Fully Remote
Compensation: £84,000 - £95,000 + Benefits
Role Type: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF55123
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Head of Operational Resilience and Crisis Management working remotely to your nearest Babcock Hub.

The role
As a Head of Operational Resilience and Crisis Management you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Group Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Director, the focus of this role is about setting and leading the strategic direction for Operational Resilience and Crisis Management across Babcock
Day to day, you'll be required to coordinate with all aspects of the Group in order to develop robust resilience and crisis management systems and ensure all potential risks are identified and appropriate policies are in place;

• Additionally, you'll be accountable for:
• Lead the development the resilience and crisis management strategies for Babcock International Group to ensure that key risk areas are identified and managed in collaboration with the Sectors/DRC and functions.
• Define and implement the operational resilience policy to ensure compliance with regulation and ensure we maintain the service our customers expect.
• Lead the development and implementation of the Resilience framework, develop and maintain Business Resilience Standards, in line with industry best practice.
• Develop a strategic approach to crisis management, which incorporates both business continuity and emergency response, to support response and recovery from any situation.
• Build strategic relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders on behalf of Babcock. Liaise with external agencies and internal departments to "horizon scan" and identify threats to resilience and crisis management.

This role is full time position 37 hours a week. The successful candidate can work compliantly from any Babcock site or location or fully remote.
There is an occasional requirement to travel across a range of Babcock sites.

Essential experience of the Head of Operational Resilience and Crisis Management (2 year FTC):

• Proven experience of multi-discipline resilience activities (eg. Business Continuity, Disaster recovery, Incident management and Emergency Planning) and implementing related policies.
• Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of resilience standards, legislation and good practice.
• Knowledge and experience in a range of technologies/tools for Resilience and Crisis Management planning and execution.
• Strong leadership skills with proven experience of team management.
• A proven communicator with influential, persuasive and negotiation skills across all levels in the organisation.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across the business, working closely with internal customers.

Qualifications for the Head of Operational Resilience and Crisis Management (2 year FTC):

• We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 23/01/2024
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